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Indicated — Dalkinstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated — Dalkinstown
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

On an E-facing pasture slope. A roughly circular area (diam. 44.2m), which rises slightly towards the centre, is defined by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.2-0.4m; Wth 1m; ext. H 1m), reused as a later field boundary SSW-W-NNW. No visible trace of a fosse or entrance survives. Visible on a 2010 OSi Orthophoto. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 14 October 2013
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This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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